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throughout. He reviewed the history d

Scandinavian emigration 10 this country
and the work Of teaching these peopi
the gospel of Christ. The progress 0
the work among the Scandinayians wa
shown to be very gratifying. He statet
that anarchism was unknown amonl
them. The speaker was well applauded
A general discussion Of the matter fol
lowed, during which ex-Mayor Pillsbur.
of Minneapolis predicted that in few
years one-half Of the population Of thu
State would be Scandinavian. He pal,
high compliment to the race, and pre-
dicted that most of the prosperity Of th,
State will be due to them.
The address of Mr.. Peterson was or
dered incorporated in the minutes, anG
also printed.
The meeting adjourned until evening
THURSDAY EVENING.
The closing session of the Baptist con
vention last evening called together the
usual number of people and the church
was crowded. The meeting was devoted
to the Sunday school works. After the
devotional exercises Miss M. j. Bur
dette, of Chicago, was introduced and
spoke upon the subject Sunday schoo
class teachers" Miss Burdette is a
sister of the famous Bob Burdette and il
an interesting and earnest speaker.
Rev. Thomas Baldwin, of Duluth, fol-
lowed with an address on "The relation
of parents to the Sunday school," He
took the ground that parents should
support the Sunday school more thor
oughly and should have their children
attend regularly.
Mr.. Boston w. Smith, of Minneapolis,
was the next speaker and took for his
subject the whole field of Sunday school
work. He is very interesting speaker
and favorite with the audience and
has had wide experience in the work
upon which he spoke.
Prof. Ensley, of Mississippi, colored
man, gave very interesting talk upor
the Sunday school work among the
freedmen, He showed that much
progress had been made In the WORK
but there was room for more good to be
accomplished.
Prof. Ensley also favored the audience
with some very fine singing, showing
that he was an adept in this as well as il
speaking.
The new mission board held meet
ing in the Baptist church last evening
and also met again this morning but
concluded its labors before now.
Nearly all the delegates have now left
the city. They universally expressed
themselves as very we'll pleased with
the hospitality of Mankato's citizens and
considered the convention as one of the
most successful ever held in the State.
The principal thing accomplished by
the convention and one that gives pleas.
ure to all the members is the adoption
of the new plan of taking contributions
which does away with the old method Of
collections. 1t is thought that the plan
will be put into general use in the State
1t has already been tried with the best
results.
The ladies of the Baptist church are
deserving of great credit for the par,
they took in making the stay of the del
egates pleasant. Besides having large
part of the delegates consigned to them
for board and lodging, they supplied the
en- ire convention with dinners and sup
pers in the basement of the church in
which the meetings were held. This
involved great labor. The citizens OF
Mankato of other denominations also
come in for a share of the credit in tax
ing care of the delegates.
Mr.. Geo. M. Palmer had general sup
ervision of the care of the delegates and
this has been busy week for him. He
showed himself more than equal to the
occasion, however, and is deserving OF
the greatest praise.
The convention adjourned last even.
ing to meet in st. Paul on the second
Tuesday of next October, the regular
time of the annual meeting.